Show a A S SPIDERS SPIDER'S P 1 D E R'S RS 1 INGENUITY N C E N U IT Y On lrea Its It o Damsel I Web During DarIng to n 1 I When ben the tho wind is 13 blowing fresh the spiders spider's beautiful webs are aro likely to tobe tobo bo be broken at cot any moment says rays the tho St St. Nicholas and without a we web tho spider can havo o nothing noth to cat eat To 10 pro oat such an accident requires its constant contant attention anti like liko the tho captain plain of tho the ship the bravo brave litto animal takes tt up tip its position in the centra centro of ot it Its silken homo hoino and remains there thero until the tho blow is over ocr hero the spider Is in full control Tho The middle of the theeb web eb is the central station to which all nIl news vs relating to its glistening domain is sent scat Every vibration even Clen at the tho most distant point is instantly telegraphed to headquarters head head- quarters and aud if it tho the news bo be of oJ vital importance the tho s spidEr pid v leaves for the tho scene of danger at ones once There ro it may muy find that a n strand ha has broken broen loose which unless Instantly repaired will comple completely ely rum ruin the tho web But sometimes the accident is a ol 01 such a nature that to repair tho the dam dam- ago age calls for considerable Ingenuity or For Instance the lower part pait of the web is of often ofton tea fastened to a weed When the tho wind begins to blow tho the weed gently g bows its head and tho the dan danger er erto to the web becomes very cry great another bow boor more lowly than before beCore and the tho strands sn snap p. p leaving leaving- the tha web liko like a sail sall in a s wind The spi spider hurries down but el everything everything every every- I thing is 13 in confusion the tho broken strands arc aro flying in all directions To fasten them to the tho weed a again is out of the question and yet yot something must bo be dono done nn antI and done a tit at once W Well this is the way ono one little snIder solved vod the tha difficulty culty- culty It quickly lowered itself it- it self soH to the ground and procured a n chip of Wood around which it fastened a s thread It then hung this I to the tho lower part of the tho web with wiLls a strong silken cable The effect was Vas wonderful It kept kep tho the web firm and ye yet gave enough to yield to w the tho wind Accidentally it was knocked off of but the tho spider recovered ered erad it and hun hung it as n before The he I web suffered no no further injury although although al oil al- al though tho wind blew v very vory hard Some Somo spiders use Ubo a a. very small I instead of a a- chip of wood wood- and even L fasten ll the tho weight to a web that b L five I or six eit feet from the tho ground |